Nick Nichols: Screenwriter in Atlanta, Georgia.

I've pitched both ways and I prefer to do Skype instead of the written because I feel like expression my passion for my story is easier when I talk.

Enjoyed this input Elisabeth Meier and Mary Helen Norris

I'm now doing my first pitching which is written and i don't know how the outcome would be. Not nervous, anything can happen.

Would be happy to send a written pitch I just did, if you'd like. It's two pages, but sounds similar to what you are looking for.

A one-sheet is usually a logline and bare-bones pilot/series outline. How what you write will affect the reader is dependent on who the reader is. If it was someone at FX, you'd want to pitch a concept that matches their town. For a streaming service, what makes that different than a network or cable channel? What about your series makes it the right fit for their distribution/production model?

Nick Nichols that would be appreciated. I'll message you.

Nick Assunto - its an overall pitch document that has to cover my main pitch but also my secondary pitch. Its about why they would be a good fit for them etc.

Allen - Cheers for the advice.

Welcome, Robert!

Hi Robert!

SEE YOU SOON ROBERT!!!

Saturday, started at 7 am, and it's flowing.

Laying out the intro for my forthcoming paranormal travelog web series "Roads beyond the Known" and outline revisions to episodes of my audio drama "The Cannon and the Quill"

My weekend goals are to work more on my streaming series script and storyboards.

Someone somewhere said it well. The real secret to writing is rewriting. I believe it was Francis Ford Coppola who once famously said, Put your draft in a drawer for six months and forget about it. Then... start rewriting. Or so I heard.

I normally finish without rewrites, as I write specs that no one reads, but my latest wasn't one so I thought I might get a long list and rewrite for months. To my relief they only wanted three minor changes. The biggest was that they should kiss and not only hug on page 66.

Typically I take three weeks, sometime less for a first draft. But putting in large time blocks at the computer. I normally take a week to a final polish and edit. I don't spend time rewriting work unless I'm working with a producer who asks me to rewrite specific things based on clear, concise notes. And, if I don't agree that the suggested edits are value-added, I don't do them. The longest I've spent working on a first draft is four months. That was for producer Sean Hoessli late last year. https://www.codebluepictures.com/unconventional-warfare

What makes ten weeks of rewriting any better than two weeks? It's all about doing what works for you and ending up with a product that industry people are interested in reading, optioning and making into a film. I do a lot of polishing as I go along for my initial drafts. The key for me is economy of words, clear narrative, compelling characters with objectives, obstacles and an arc.

Check out this interview with Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Junior: This screenwriting duo wrote one polished draft for the classic film Hud in ten weeks. I do more than three pages a day but I review and polish those pages as I go along much like Ravetch and Frank did. Here's the quote and link to the interview.

RAVETCH: I do. I sit at the typewriter, and Hank paces around. We always work in the mornings, nine to one, five days a week. Usually, we'd get about three pages done each day, and those pages are finished pages. We'd polish them as we go, over and over again, doing our revising as we proceed. So when we're finished, we're really finished. We very seldom do any revising.

BAER: How long does a script usually take?

FRANK: About ten weeks.

https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?cc=mqr;c=mqr;c=mqrarchive...

Great post, Nick, and congratulations on setting those goals and staying on course. And yes, some call these micro-goals that serve the macro-goal. Whatever you want to call it, the approach allows you to put yourself in a position to win every day. Something you clearly are accomplishing.

Thank you very much! Any experience with them?

Nope! I have experience from the eBook and print publishing perspective, but I haven't tried videos yet.

Thanks for the info.

Welcome to the club!!!

Hello and welcome to Stage 32! Happy networking!

Hello and welcome!

Hello and welcome to Stage 32! Happy networking!

Welcome Matthew!

Hello Matthew

Hi Candice and congratulations on the film. If I may ask, how did you go about securing the Sony distribution?

Vitaly- yes, you are missing something. Click on "Other company credits" for the full list. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is listed there for the USA and Canada. I've added a screenshot for you so that you can see.

James- I went to the Marche du film at Cannes. It was picked up there, then sold to Sony.

Yes, I'm legit. It would be a bit foolish to claim something that couldn't be proven in a group of filmmakers!

Welcome, Shana. Best wishes as school resumes and on the launch of The Bridge!

Greetings Shana! It's great that you're getting an early jump on things. If you ever need any advice, don't hesitate to message me. - Sam B

Welcome Shana!

Welcome Essy. Hoping to get to know you the more.

Welcome to the community, Essy!

Hi Essy. Welcome aboard.

Hello Nick Nichols - Welcome! Highly recommend checking out the Screenwriting Lounge. Very active all the time.

Thanks!

Welcome Nick.